Three teen girls injured after fall during police chase

Three teenage girls riding a motorbike fell down after hitting a curb during a police chase in Miyahira, Haebaru, late Thursday night.

According to Yonabaru Police investigating the incident, all three, a 15-year-old unemployed gorl, a 16-year-old high school student and another 15-year-old unemployed girl suffered serious injuries with two of them suffering broken left wrists and the third a broken skull. None of the injuries are life-threatening.

An offial at Okinawa Prefectural Police say that the procedures during the chase seem to have been appropriate. . “The distance between the patrol car and the motorbike and speed were appropriate. There was no problem about chasing them,” says Okinawa Prefectural Police official.